On Blueberry Hill Tickets
On Blueberry Hill from Laureate of Irish Fiction Sebastian BarryTo be confirmed.
Performance dates
5 March – 1 May 2020
Run time: To be confirmed.
Includes interval
20 reviews
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On Blueberry Hill at Trafalgar Studios
The sold out award-winning play. Direct from New York and Dublin.
Following critically-acclaimed and sell-out runs in New York and Dublin, Olivier-Award winning Fishamble and Sebastian Barry’s universally celebrated play, On Blueberry Hill, comes to London’s West End for 8 weeks only.
Sebastian Barry is one of Ireland’s greatest living writers and the current Laureate of Irish Fiction. His novels and plays have won, and been nominated for, the MAN Booker Prize and the Irish Book Awards among many others. His novels include the international best sellers Days Without End and A Long Long Way.
In Barry’s beautiful style, On Blueberry Hill features best of friends and worst of enemies Christy (Niall Buggy) and PJ (David Ganly), who are destined to share their lives for twenty years. As the two men reflect on the hope and torment of life outside – they slowly uncover the events that have led them to their world with explosive, bittersweet consequences.
Directed by Fishamble’s Jim Culleton, this new play is bursting with humanity as it explores forgiveness, survival, and ultimately, love.
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Audio-Described performance: Tuesday 21 April 2020 at 7.30pm. Captioned Performance Tuesday 28 April 2020 7.30pmRecent Reviews
A brilliant production.
This is a fabulous play - excellent script and acting
Excellent production
Captivating - pardon the pun. Superb spellbinding narrative as their stories unfold to the heart rending ending.
This is a beautifully crafted play , with melodic and stunning language. Niall Buggy’s performance was completely superb. What an actor! I know the set design was purposely dark and enclosed but this is theatre after all- and we the audience had to sit through gloom for the whole length which was irritating and visually tiring. This is a brilliant production . I found the subject matter harrowing and upsetting but I get easily upset .
An intense show- all about the language. Excellent as ever from Barry.
Excellent 100 minutes of emotionally charged Irish melodrama, beautifully acted. Funny and devastating in equal measure.
All four of us loved it. Great acting and story. Would recommend it to others
The acting was raw committed and strong the writing was tight and apart from the moments where blueberry hill was sung I thought the spell was incredibly well sustained.
Intimate and moving. Great writing!
Five Stars out of a possible five. I thought the play ,the acting and the staging were superb. If there is any justice both actors should get Oliviers.
A riveting and stunningly well-acted two-hander. The audience was rapt as the beautifully written story unfolded; two hours flew by, we didn’t want it to end. With moments of warm humour this play was a delight. PS the staff at Trafalgar Studios were all friendly, efficient and excellent at their roles.
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